For me, the real benefit of this article is their survey of 2,900 bloggers from around the world. I enjoy statistics describing just about anything, but the ones on blogging were especially fascinating. Let’s look at the breakdown of WHO is blogging as shared in the article above:

72% – Hobbiest

15% – Part-Timers

9% – Self-Employed

4% – Pros

Isn’t it great that blogging is MOSTLY done by folks for fun (that’s the Hobbiest). The question I would like to ask the other 28% is HOW did they get started blogging. I would venture to say that many the blog for their businesses or companies got started by blogging as a hobby. Regular blogging gets those creative juices flowing and can grow into something that is supportive to your income.

Blogging has become an important business development and marketing tool in our growing social media society. More than 1 in 4 people in the survey blogged for business reasons and almost half of them are doing it full-time. Who would have thought a hobby could become a full-time business or position?

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After nearly 20 years online, Theresa still loves to learn the latest online marketing strategies and distill them into something local business can use to gain more leads and more customers. All while drinking her Starbuck's iced tea. Read More…